I'm always curious as to what aspirations folks have for their "musical creations". And by that I mean cold hard light of day, honest appraisals. If such things exist. We all spend a good deal of time both learning the craft of recording and production as well as how to either play or score in the required instruments for our magnum opuses. To what end??

It's a diversion if anything. I record some amp tones, make up little sound tracks for movies that don't exist and recently started doing online video and podcast stuff. I'm hoping to get more out of my investment but I'm happy to have all the sounds to mess with. I love musical instruments but can only afford a few real ones. Sonar, Komplete and some plugs let me access a bunch of instruments and sounds that I could never imagine having.
 
So, in summary, I'm a wanker.

yorolpal
I'm always curious as to what aspirations folks have for their "musical creations". And by that I mean cold hard light of day, honest appraisals. If such things exist. We all spend a good deal of time both learning the craft of recording and production as well as how to either play or score in the required instruments for our magnum opuses. To what end??

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

To get laid of course. Duh..

Preach on, brothers!

Creative process.  Learning.  Experimenting.  Growing.  Getting some good reviews from piers both online and live.  Feeding an addition.  Giving my mind the stimulus it craves.  Enjoying learning what I need to do to get better at this.  Sharing with others.  Encouraging others.  Making the universe better because new original ideas are born and displayed.  
 
Jimmy

My personal enjoyment.

Because I like to cause myself pain I suppose and attempt to play something and call it music.
 

spacealf
Because I like to cause myself pain I suppose and attempt to play something and call it music.
 

What he said

craigb
My personal enjoyment.

I'm with you on this one, Craig.